[MARMAM] New publication: A common bottlenose dolphin prey handling technique for marine catfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Dear colleagues, Please find our new publication entitled: A common bottlenose dolphin (*Tursiops truncatus*) prey handling technique for marine catfish (Ariidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ronje EI, Barry KP, Sinclair C, Grace MA, Barros N, Allen J, Balmer B, Panike A, Toms C, Mullin KD,

[MARMAM] CRRU Summer Field Courses 2017

We still have available team dates for the Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit’s 2017 “Whales and dolphins of the Moray Firth” field project in Scotland at http://www.crru.org.uk/join_the_team.asp Our field teams are run in the form of a formal training / educational programme, with structured

[MARMAM] Free marine mammal texts and journals near Seacoast, NH

I am moving across the country and will be parting with my Marine Mammal Science journals that date between 2002 and 2012 and also some FAO and IWC bound publications related to marine mammal science and/or bycatch. If anyone is near Portsmouth, NH and would like these books, please let me know.

[MARMAM] cetacean tissue samples available for collaborative analysis

Dear MARMAM list, My lab has a set of tissue samples collected from cetaceans caught for human consumption by the whaling operation in St. Vincent, West Indies. We are currently analyzing the samples for concentrations of Hg (total and organic) and HOCs. Sufficient portions of each individual

[MARMAM] First Call: Training Course - An Introduction To Using GIS In Biological Research, 25-26 September 2017

GIS In Ecology will be holding an introductory training course for those who wish to learn how to use GIS in biological research, and it will provide an introduction to using GIS in a wide variety of biological research situations, including marine mammal research, and the course includes two

[MARMAM] SMM WORKSHOP: U.S. Marine Mammal Research Permitting

We would like to announce a half-day workshop on Saturday, October 28, 2017, from 8 am -noon titled: "U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act research permitting." The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) oversee issuance of

[MARMAM] Recent publication - Sperm whale collision with a research vessel: Accidental collision or deliberate ramming?

On behalf of the senior author (please direct inquires and PDF requests to Dr. Fulling, gregfull...@gmail.com), my coauthors and are pleased to announce that the following publication is available. Gregory L. Fulling, Thomas A. Jefferson, Dagmar Fertl, Juan Carlos Salinas Vega, Cornelia S.

[MARMAM] Pre-doctoral fellowship offer in Valencia (Spain) to European citizens

Dear colleagues, On behalf of Prof. Toni Raga and Javier Aznar, we offer a pre-doctoral fellowship to a European (non-Spanish) student who meets the requirements of being a graduate from 2014, who has a master's degree and who wants to do a PhD thesis on “Cetacean parasites” at the University